(Closed) Biggest pet peeve of the moment…

I’m watching a dress right now that I’m thinking about bidding on for my flowergirl. She already has a dress, but its white (I originally wanted her in purple) and I’m just not in love with it. So a few days ago I was looking on Ebay and I found a cute purple dress with silver flowers and thought it would work perfectly. It still had 4 days left at the time and only 1 bid, so it was only .99 at the time. This brand in particular is pretty cheap anyways (dresses usually about $25.)

Anywho. I didnt bid on it, but kept watching it. Now theres 2 days left its up to $6, with only 2 bids. And the shipping is $7, so you might as well just buy it new, because you arent getting a good deal by that point (if people keep bidding, I mean.)

This is where my pet peeve comes in. One person bids to start it off at 99 cents. Another person bids, and instead of doing the minimum they bid up $5? Dont people realize that the more you bid on something, the higher the price goes? I dont understand why people dont just wait until something is about to expire before bidding, and then the price would be super low.

I mean, one time I was watching a ring on Ebay, waiting to bid. It still had like 6 days left, so I didnt want to bid yet. At the time it was only at $40 and had I think 3 bids. Checked it again the next day… it was up to $300! I think by the time it ended it sold for about $600 or so. If people just waited to bid then they might have gotten it for less than $100!

I don’t think it means that people are just needlessly upping the bid. It’s not likely that the high bid was at 99c and someone decided to go $6. When you enter the amount, the idea is to put in your max bid. So bidder 1 could’ve put 6 as max (but the bid started at 99c) and the next bidder put in a higher amount. Even if they put 25$ as their max, the “current bid” will only be the minimum amount over the previous high.

Some people also hate “snipers” on eBay haha. It does get annoying sometimes when the bidding war all comes down to the last few seconds.

What boggles me though is people who still bid higher than retail. I see it a lot and makes me wonder if they still think they’re getting a good deal, or if maybe they ust don’t care??